Directed by:
Kihachi OkamotoCinematography:
Hiroshi MuraiComposer:
Masaru SatōCast:
Keiju Kobayashi, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Toki Shiozawa, Michiyo Aratama, Eijirō Tōno, 鈴木治夫, Michiyo YokoyamaPlots(1)
This masterpiece, overflowing with wisdom, represents the "Kihachi touch". Even for lead actor Kobayashi Keiju, this film has become exemplary among his variety of performances. Eburi, while drunk, declares that he would write something for a magazine. Once sober, he writes a novella using himself as a model ? Utilizing the essay-style storytelling of the original story, and with audacious editing to insert sequences of animation, the film skillfully describes the everyday life of an ordinary salaryman with a comical pace. Within the framework of "Salaryman Comedies", Toho's specialty of the time, Okamoto expressed the scars of World War II at every turn. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Keiju Kobayashi
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Vengeance for Sale (2001)
Sanjuro (1962)
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Japan
Best movies:
Sanjuro (1962)
Yojimbo (1961)
Throne of Blood (1957)
Toki Shiozawa
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Pop (1988)
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Invasion of the Astro-Monsters (1965)
Michiyo Aratama
Japan
Best movies:
Eijirō Tōno
Japan
Best movies:
続・忍びの者 (1963)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Zatoichi's Cane-sword (1967)
鈴木治夫
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
High and Low (1963)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Michiyo Yokoyama
Japan
Best movies:
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
The Makioka Sisters (1983)
The Funeral (1984)